Poison

Detail image of the red peanuts "Poison" in the installation "The Battle" outside of Mainsite Contemporary Art Gallery looking in. "The Battle" is a compilation of a variety of printmaking genres, primarily relief, serigraphy and a non-traditional natural integration of light, shadow and reflection.

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The Battle

A 20' x 22' Installation of printmaking that includes woodcut, relief, serigraphy, light and shadow

The Battle

The Battle

The Battle

detail from outside window

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The Battle

detail of work in window

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The Battle

Detail of Insidious

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Insidious

Three 8ft x 4ft relief prints carved in PVC board. These peanut vines are printed on transparency and suspended in windows. This view is looking out of the gallery at night. Oil ink, transparency, light, shadow & reflections.

Insidious

Detail of one of three 4'x8' relief prints in the installation "The Battle." This peanut vine is carved from PVC board on transparency, suspended over linocut vinyl peanuts on windows. It view is looking out of the gallery windows during mid-day.

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The Attack (detail)

Detail of "The Attack." From the installation "The Battle." Monotype, woodcut, transparency, transparent medium.

The Attack

12ft x 6ft woodcut, monotype, light, shadow and reflection, suspended and layered in the installation "The Battle." Shadows and reflections became prints within the Installation as the daylight changed and natural light was utilized as an element of the installation.

Aegis & Protector

The Attack

Insidious & Poison

Reflections and shadows of printed pieces "Insidious" and "Poison" cast on adjacent pieces and gallery floors in the installation "The Battle."

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Vigilance

detail

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Aegis & Unnamed

Aegis - boy with crow Unnamed - crows relief printmaking

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Aegis

Aegis & Unnamed are pieces of the Installation "The Battle." Aegis (figure) is a 8'x4' relief print on transparency, suspended from the ceiling. Unnamed (crows) is a 30'x4' free-flowing relief print on transparency that runs a 20' span of one side of the installation.

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Vigilance

detail of individual piece in the Battle

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Aegis

detail

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Aegis

detail

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Unnamed detail

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Unnamed

Unnamed crows, or community members who kept my child safe with his peanut allergy and allergy attack

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Unnamed detail

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Unnamed detail

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Defiance, Aegis and Unnamed

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Defiance

school desk, screenprint, stencil, carving, 450+ diaper and clorox wipes, pencils, paper, metal school box This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil. This represents a month's worth of hand and clorox wipes used for safety in one month during 1st and 2nd grade.

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Defiance

detail of carving and graffiti on school desk

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Defiance detail

Detail of Graffiti carved into desk

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Defiance detail

School desk, screenprint, stencil, carving, 450+ diaper and clorox wipes, pencils, paper, metal school box This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil. This represents a month's worth of hand and clorox wipes used for safety in one month during 1st and 2nd grade.

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Defiance detail

Detail of Screen Printed Wipes

450+ diaper and clorox wipes, This piece is in defiance of school treatment and lack of understanding and tolerance of peanut allergies and the resulting emotional turmoil.

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Toxic

1/2 of a peanut - the smallest identifiable amount - suspended in an acrylic cube representing a safe exposure

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Toxic

detail with change of light reflections from the installation

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Toxic detail

With The Attack and Mortality in the background with The Battle reflections and shadows playing on it

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Toxic detail

With The Attack and Mortality in the background with The Battle reflections and shadows playing on it

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Mortality

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

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Mortality

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

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Mortality

representing packaged products of peanuts seen everywhere that are a constant reminder of mortality. Peanuts suspended in acrylic

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Mortality detail

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Breathe

Acrylic container with an epi-pen and breathing apparatus from ICU and the respirator in the hospital. All lifesavers.

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Breathe

Acrylic container with an epi-pen and breathing apparatus from ICU and the respirator in the hospital. All lifesavers.

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Breathe

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Breathe detail

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Hero

A Red Cross "Save the Day" Hero award on a pedestal with the savior crow lino-cut print graffiti.

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Breathe detail

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Named and Unnamed

Detail of Unnamed

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Unnamed

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Named

Examples of Polaroid snapshots taken of Named participants.

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The Battle Exhibit

Two of the Named with Aegis

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Named

Examples of Polaroid snapshots taken of Named participants.

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Named

Polaroid Snapshots added to Exhibit as the 60 Named participants arrived.

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The Battle Exhibit

Named, The Battle

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Peanut Allergy

T-shirt indicating peanut allergy - in the tradition of school field trip marking children belonging to a group

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Unnamed

In the Process of Installing

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Insidious

Carving process

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Defiant

Screenprint legend of the products with peanuts typically found in schools